This is the best place for cocktails in Rapid City. Especially if you like low key, chill environments. But don't go in a hurry. These are scratch made, fresh ingredient, cocktails. And they take time to craft. I try to get here whenever I visit town.
Price per person
$30–50
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Second time ive been here, last year went with a group of 12, was able to have order food from murphys, which now no longer do, and had a great time so went back the next year ,Went with a group of 16, apparently you are suppose to have only 15 in your group. Which we wer told was ok but was not told about the extra charge. So we got charged double for our already over priced drinks just cause we had one extra person. Ridiculous. Will not be going back and supporting this place.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
I loved the vibe and the allure of finding this true speakeasy bar. However the menu seemed a bit basic compared to other cocktail bars in the area. But highly recommend if you’re in the area!
Blind Lion is one of my favorite places to take out of town friends. The Atmosphere is one of kind and unparalleled in the whole area. The bartenders bent over backwards to give us the expiernce we'd never forget including working hard on recreating a drink from 5 Years ago!
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Great speakeasy with an authentic 20s feel that focuses on craft cocktails. Located in the basement of Murphy's. You'll need to take the elevator down to get there. On weekends they require a password.
We went for the comedy open mic on a Thursday. On Wednesdays and Thursdays it's not too crowded and you can do a walk in. Weekends require reservations.
I did the 3 course cocktail option where your bartender chooses what to make for $33. It was fun to try new things, but only one of the cocktails was perfect to my liking.
We met the executive chef and ordered the bison burger of the moment and it was the best burger I've had in a long time!!! The man knows what he is doing! Creative and delicious menu items.
What a cool location! As you can see in my photo, the presentation was terrible for the most expensive menu item (southern fried quail). But it tasted great and the other food we ordered looked much better. Our server was decent, but put the wrong order in for someone I was dining with and made no offer for any compensation.
The worst part of the visit was an unexpected open mic comedy night that started around 8pm. Our server could clearly see we were there to catch up with friends and made no suggestion that our location near the microphone wouldn’t be good for chatting. The first “comedian”, whose first attempt at comedy was to make fun of my friend dining with me relentlessly, didn’t improve through the remainder of his time at the mic.
This place was an awkward combination of higher end [priced] dining and poorly timed comedy bar. Had we seen it was open mic comedy night on their Facebook page (where they relentlessly advertise their burlesque night), we’d have at minimum chosen a different evening to visit.